Progress at last!

In: TAOC Newsby LM • June 29, 2009

Hi everyone,

obviously there has been an extensive absence on my behalf and a severe update drought.

Progress essentially ground to a halt, sorry to say, a personal issues affected me and prevented me being able to spend time on development.

With JK’s encouragement and support i was able to keep up the motivation though and have managed to pull through the lull.

Expect to see some major progress coming as of now as LM and JK are back into the full swing of things (pun intended).

More details to emerge soon. Stay tuned.

PS: Thanks again to the undying support of the fans during the project’s darkest hour. We do notice!

-LM

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TAOC Sample Vid – May 2009

In: TAOC Newsby jkartik • May 20, 2009

ok guys, this is a sample vid of the new bowling action and run-up. posting this to tell ya that the game aint dead ! ;-)

take a look :-

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?21gmenwd5tz

a few warnings :-

- wicket keeper and fielders are untouched. so dont be shocked.
- the batsman is idle as its yet to be properly implemented in-game.
- the ball gets released a tad early before the hand comes into place.
this is because the release timing is matched for the previous action.

comment anything and everything on the bowling but please ignore the rest.

also, have attached the previous/old action so that you can judge
yourself how drastic the change is !

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Apologies for the lack of updates

In: TAOC Newsby jkartik • March 20, 2009

guys, sorry for the lack of updates…am crazy busy with a project submission which is extremely vital and i cannot afford to delay it nor present a sub-standard one..

LM on the other is busy with some personal stuff but hes expected to be fully back and with a bang with no distractions in the near future from next monday….

so….its gonna take some time for the new vid….
again, sorry for the delay…i know you guys are excited and eager but please bear with us for sometime….

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Yet Another Update

In: TAOC Newsby LM • March 9, 2009

I am currently working on the finishing touches to the new bowler runup stuff – we’re definately nearing completion on this, with massive improvements on the old animations. Ill be sure to let you all know once it is totally done. At the same time i am improving the camera following of the bowler as he runs in and also tweaking the bowling to increase the bounce slightly as it wasn’t quite right before.

In ither news the stadium makers are pushing on and doing some great work – check out the forums to see the latest developments.

JK is working tirelessly on batting animations, the new strokes in particular, so will be looking forward to a much deserved break from animating!

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Update

In: TAOC Newsby jkartik • February 23, 2009

guys,finished creating the Brett Lee action…! its come out really well..much better than what i had expected..!

also, finished the bowler run-up in a combined effort by me and Paul !

this is the list that i had put up for the next vid….the ones in RED are INCOMPLETE !

1) NEW PLAYER MODELS

2) NEW REFINED ANIMATIONS – much smoother (WIP)

3) NEW BATTING SHOTS :-

i) Lofted Square drive
ii) Lofted Pull (Spin)
iii) Paddle Sweep
iV) Scoop Shot
v) Baseball Shot
vi) Lofted Slog (Kneeling)
vii) Leave Ball
viii) Duck
ix) FF DEFENSIVE BLOCKS (PACE)
x) Over-The-Keeper / Slips Flick
xi) BF DEFENSIVE BLOCKS

4) NEW BOWLING ANIMS :-

i) Fast / Fast Medium Bowler (Generic)
ii) Fast / Fast Medium Bowler (Slingy / Malinga)
iii) Fast / Fast Medium Bowler (Brett Lee)
iv) Medium / Medium Fast (generic)
v) Off Spin (Saqlain Mushtaq)
vi) Off Spin (Chris Gayle)
vii) Leg Spin (Warne)
viii) Leg Spin (Anil Kumble / Afridi Style)

5) LEFT ARM BOWLERS COMING INTO PLAY

6) NEW RUNNING ANIM

7) NEW BOWLER RUN-UP ANIM

cheers

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New Bowler Runup

In: TAOC Newsby LM • February 19, 2009

As you all know we have been working hard on the bowling and batting animations to get them looking more realistic and adding new stuff to add to the depth. The bowling runup was always a point of contention and was in drastic need of an overhaul, ditto for the player running loops.

So, im pleased to announce we are getting close to completing the bowling animation overhaul and the new batting strokes. I have added a couple of renders of the new running loop in the gallery so hop over and have a look.

Once it is all completed we will be releasing a new video to showcase all of the work we have been doing.